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Actually, the word quark is in the OED as a verb meaning `croak,' with 19th-century references to frogs, rooks, and herons.
He would cut into the belly of one, at the kitchen sink, Mother squabbling in the background, and he'd be up to his elbows in silver, blood shining from the knife, the room smelling of sweat, boots, coffee, smoke, and though I'd been at home, in bed the whole time, I could see the Puyallup River, the herons rising, cattails and redwing blackbirds with their bottlebrush shapes and streaks of color, from shore to shore a thick fog, but rolling up and off like smoke, a reel singing as the steelhead ran with the line, the hurry, the thrash and splashing, feet stumbling along the shore to keep up, to keep the line from getting cut.
Collapsed limestone caves and tidal seawater mangrove swamps provide a perfect home for herons, tropical frogs, and many species of fish.
They have also driven native Japanese foxes and gray herons from their natural habitats.
Acres of mangrove swamp cover the rocky outcrops, sheltering sandy beaches and providing a haven for herons and pelicans.